The United Kingdom will increase the cost of defense of up to 2.5% of GDP by 2027

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Sir Keir Starmer announced that Britain’s spent on defense, and until 2027 will rise to 2.5 percent of GDP and will reach 3 percent longer.

The Great British Prime Minister told MPs on Tuesday that this would “be the largest continuous growth in defense costs since the end of the Cold War.”

Came as he was preparing to go to Washington to meet his intervention Donald Trump On Thursday, the future of Ukraine and the wider security of Europe. Trump called on European countries to lift the cost of defense.

Starmer Commons said to his house: “We need to change our national security posture to demand a descendant generation response.” This will cover the “extremely difficult and painful choices”.

He announced that the British call link will be financed by reducing the total national income of total national income from 0.5 percent to 0.3 percent.

Starmer has been about 2029 to 2033 since 2033 since 2033 since 2033 since 2033 since 2033 to 2033 since 2033 to 2033 “economic and financial conditions Exposedly, “3 percent of GDP brought a passion to increase defense costs.

The Prime Minister faced a long time, labor, protection costs will meet the manifesto to increase the current level by 2.5 percent to 2.5 percent.

The US President put pressure after his intention to ensure rapid ceasefire in the Ukrainian war, and the American intended to doubt the appetite to ensure important American military support.

There will be an increase 5 billion pounds and costs of £ 6 billion a year – About 10 percent of the budget of major schools in the UK.

The British military leaders have paid £ 10 billion every year to increase the current budget to 2.65 percent of GDP.

Starmer said that after 2027, defense expenditures will increase by 2.6 percent of GDP, if the Britain had expenses.

Earlier, the Conservative Leader Kemi Badenoch called the government’s help budget to finance the increase in defense costs and the expenditure of 2.5 percent until the end of the decade, “now it is not enough,” he said.

He said that the policy exchange based on London will return the word “making difficult decisions” to increase defense costs.